Here's an update on five items from last month's First Edition of “The Georgia Follies:”

> With Governor Sonny Perdue term limited from seeking re-election next year, there's already talk about what he plans to do. Insiders now say the governor's first priority is signing a book deal about his accomplishments after he leaves office next year. Reportedly, the governor has already sent his publisher a draft copy of several hundred blank pages.

> Atlanta and Fulton County residents were not happy to learn that the kidnapped city council and county commission had been released by their ski mask-wearing abductors, brandishing “Mad As Hell” buttons. The freed council and commission members vowed to levy a heavy tax on the undisclosed solid waste dump site where they were found.

> The same abductors also released members of the Georgia General Assembly after holding them captive in the state state capitol until they successfully completed an intensive Literacy Action tutorial. Since none could do so, the kidnappers gave each legislator McGuffey's Readers and let them go. Most of the lawmakers returned to their kindergarten classrooms.

> The Real Housewives of Atlanta ended their limited engagement at Zoo Atlanta. An estimated crowd of less than twenty came to see the housewives.. Some of the onlookers threw peanuts at Kandi, Sheree, NeNe, Kim and Lisa. The five are now set for a stint at a local Unitarian church which will feature the fab five pole dancing and giving dramatic readings from The National Enquirer and Paris Hilton's blogs.

> It's duly noted here that the “ex-fiance” of one of the housewives died after being in a brawl at a strip bar, the Body Tap Club. We need make no further comment.

And the last update,

> Tommy Irvin, the longest serving Commissioner of Agriculturein the United
States as well as the longest serving statewide official in Georgia, is said to be close to deciding whether or not he'll seek re-election next year. Observers say Irwin will make an announcement as soon as he hears from General Lee on the specific terms of surrender signed at Appomattox Courthouse.

> “Carter to celebrate 85th birthday with library re-opening,” so says the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, “by hosting the grand re-opening of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta.” Carter himself is expected to be the first live exhibit in the museum's “Ash Bin of History” section, under Failed Presidents and Outrageous Comments from Same.

> “King siblings given less than a week to reconcile,” so says another AJC headline about the ongoing legal battle - about money - involving the children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A court insider said one of the settlement issues remains problematic - the ability of any of the siblings to get a real job.

> The newsstand price of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is now $1.00. Some of the dwindling number of readers wondered if they can now afford to purchase liner for their cat litter boxes.

> The Atlanta Thrashers, among the worst ever NHL teams, was sold recently for an undisclosed sum. The new owners, Professional Sports Illusions, Inc., want to move the franchise out of Atlanta. Mississippi said no thanks but Belorussia and Georgia (the other one) expressed interest.

> Emory University was closed again today because of continued massive student strikes led by Jimmy Carter, the Dia Lama and Salman Rushdie. Among other demands, the students - many with New Jersey license plates - are calling for the construction of a chapel like a Coca-Cola bottle, extension of the afternoon cocktail hour and seven day a week maid service.

> And news from another campus: Georgia State University, has added several other offenses - in addition to incidents of racism, sexism and homophobia - students can report to the hotline number (404)PCU--TELL. The new reportable hotline offenses are inappropriate laughter, actually reading a book and use of the words “conservative,” “Anglo-Saxon” or uttering the name Sarah Palin.

> And from the Georgia Tech campus: the crime plagued area around Tech saw three students robbed at gunpoint on Hemphill Avenue where several students have been robbed in recent months. Gun control advocates were horrified when told the NRA was headed to Tech to distribute a trunk load of free of handguns to students. Before reaching campus, the vehicle was carjacked on North Avenue.